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Health Literacy: Know Your Numbers
From the Mercy Occupational Medicine October eNewsletter In addition to Home Eye Safety Month, October is also Health Literacy Month. Health Literacy Month began in 1999 as a way to improve individuals’ understanding of their personal healthcare inform…
Read more.Pfizer FDA Approval/ Booster shots
From the September Mercy Occupational Medicine eNewsletter On Aug. 23, Pfizer BioNTech became the first company to receive full FDA approval for its COVID-19 vaccine. Commenting on this approval, acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D., said, “Whi…
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Mercy Urgent Care announces expanded hours at Weaverville location
10/3/22 UPDATE: Hours for Mercy Urgent Care Weaverville are now 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Mercy Urgent Care’s Weaverville facility is expanding its operating hours beginning Monday, June 2…
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Contact Dermatitis from Poison Ivy, Oak or Sumac
As the weather warms up and more people are gardening, hiking, and generally enjoying the outdoors. potential exposure to urushiol oil—through contact with poison ivy, oak and sumac—increases. Exposure can occur through direct contact with parts of the…
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Spotlight on Mercy—Catherine McAuley
Mercy’s history of actively caring reaches back for almost two centuries to the commitment of one woman, Catherine McAuley, who was born in Dublin around 1778. It was a time of strife and widespread poverty in Ireland and British law excluded most Cath…
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Family Nurse Practitioner Carol Hoban retires after 35 years of service
Marina Driggers and Carol Hoban After 35 years of providing health care to Transylvania County, Family Nurse Practitioner Carol Hoban is retiring from Brevard’s Frances Warde Family Health, a practice the family nurse practitioner headed for many years…
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